It would appear that LOLFed is not alone in milking economic crisis for humor. A new TV show is planned, called Someone’s Gotta Go, in which employees at a small business vote on which of them will be laid off. Because, of course, being laid off in a highly unfriendly job market isn’t undignifying enough, now it can happen on television, in front of tens of viewers. Yes, this show is bound for the top of the ratings heap since the very best way to escape from the gruelling reality of your life is to watch a TV show about the very thing in life you are watching TV from which to escape.

The employees will have access to the company’s internal information — budgets, HR files, salaries, etc. — to help make their decision.

Each episode will focus on one small company (less than 20 employees). The host is a business expert, not yet named, who also serves as a consultant to the companies featured on the show. There’s no word yet when “Someone’s” will air.

Great, just what we need. Unemployment is hovering in the mid-8% range, the actual jobless rate is likely more than 10%, people are being forced out of their homes with little or no hope of any sort of future for themselves. Why not make a mockery of modern human tragedy with a faked reality show highlighted with plenty of crying, scheming, and Donald-Trump-baiting?  After all, layoffs are something that happen to other people, so let’s sit around and pretend for an hour that we have actual problems of our own. Oh, and it’s airing on Fox, naturally. Not only will this show document real people losing their jobs, being an unscripted series it also helps keep actors unemployed. So that’s kind of a twofer.

Swear to God, every single day brings us closer to Idiocracy. Only thing that movie got wrong is that it won’t take us 500 years to get there.